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Nicholas Again Hardcover – March 14, 2006
- Reading age8 - 12 years
- Print length120 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 7
- Dimensions6 x 0.88 x 8.75 inches
- PublisherPhaidon Press
- Publication dateMarch 14, 2006
- ISBN-100714845647
- ISBN-13978-0714845647
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About the Author
Jean-Jacques Sempé (b.1932) is one of the world's most successful illustrators and cartoonists. He is the illustrator of the classic children's-book character, Nicholas, and author of a collection of some thirty albums of his cartoons and graphic novels, all published or to be published by Phaidon. His world-renowned illustrations and cartoons are featured on the cover of the New Yorker and in Paris Match.
René Goscinny (1926 - 1977) is the world-famous writer and creator, along with Albert Uderzo, of the adventures of Asterix the Gaul. Born in Paris, Goscinny lived in Buenos Aires and New York before returning to France in the 1950s where he met Jean-Jacques Sempé. They collaborated on picture strips and then stories about Nicholas, the popular French schoolboy. An internationally successful children's author who also won awards for his animated cartoons, Goscinny died in 1977.
Anthea Bellwas awarded the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize (USA) in 2002 for her translation of W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz. Her many works of translation from French and German (for which she has received several other awards) include the Nicholas books and, with Derek Hockridge, the entire Asterix the Gaul saga by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.
Product details
- Publisher : Phaidon Press; First Edition (March 14, 2006)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 120 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0714845647
- ISBN-13 : 978-0714845647
- Reading age : 8 - 12 years
- Grade level : 3 - 7
- Item Weight : 13 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.88 x 8.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #183,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #321 in Children's Intermediate Readers
- #1,607 in Humorous Fiction
- #5,136 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author
Best known as the author of Asterix, Goscinny is
also the talent behind the scenario of Lucky Luke, the hugely popular
comic book of 'the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow'. Goscinny
was born on 11 August 1926 in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, the son
of Stanislas (Simkha) from Warsaw and of Anna Beresniak from
Khodorkow, a small Ukrainian village. In 1928, his parents took him to
Argentina, where his father, a chemical engineer, had been
seconded. He spent a happy childhood in Buenos Aires, and studied at
the French Lyce just before the Second World War. He had a habit of
making every one laugh in class, probably to compensate for a natural
shyness. He started drawing very early on, inspired by the illustrated
stories which he enjoyed reading. In 1945, he emigrated to the United
States. "I went to the United States to work with Walt Disney" he was
to say later "but Walt Disney didn't know that". He found himself in
New York, jobless, alone and totally broke. The next 6 years, which he
spent in New York, are often considered his formative years. As he
said "It was not so bad...it toughened me up, although I would have
liked it better if others had been toughened up on my behalf". It is
during these years that he met his first friends, some who were to
publish "Mad" in 1945, and others with whom he was to collaborate for
a long time to come. Among these was Maurice de Bvre aka Morris, the
cartoonist and first author of Lucky Luke. He also met Georges
Troisfontaines, the boss of the World Press Agency in Belgium, who
persuaded Goscinny to work for him. He returned to Europe in 1951 for
this purpose, but was fired in 1956 for trying to put in place a
charter to protect the status of cartoonists and scenarist. The years
until the creation of the magazine "Pilote" were years of transition,
when Goscinny's talent matured and he seized upon many
opportunities. Besides his collaboration with Morris on the Lucky Luke
series from 1955 onwards, Goscinny worked on the scenario of "Le petit
Nicolas" (Little Nicholas) in cartoon form with its creator, Sempe. In
1959 the magazine "Pilote" was launched. Goscinny found his place in the
editorial team among some of his faithful friends from World
Press. The aim of "Pilote" was to change radically the way that the
graphic novel ("the BD") would be perceived in France, and competed
with "Tintin" and "Spirou" magazines on their own territories. How best to
go about that task than by inventing an astute little Gaul, give him a
large size sidekick and place their adventures within a little village
of irreducible Gauls whose names all end in -ix? Asterix is born. The
bande dessinee enters adulthood. He married Gilberte Pollaro-Millo in
1967. In 1968 his daughter Anne is born. Many young authors owe their
fame to Goscinny, who opened for them the pages of "Pilote". While
working on scenarios for the television and the cinema and on many
different texts, Goscinny headed Pilote in one capacity or another
until his death on 5 November 1977.
Photo by Peters, Hans / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Customers find the books humorous and enjoyable for all ages. They recommend them to fun-loving boys and say the series is great for the whole family.
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Customers enjoy the humor in the book. They find it enjoyable for children and adults, with funny pictures inside the book. The books are recommended for fun-loving boys and are family favorites.
"These books are classic and as funny for children as they are for adults. It so funny how relevant a lot of the stories still are today...." Read more
"...And it’s actually pretty funny 😂...." Read more
"Great book for boys! It’s hard to find a good read for boys. My whole family enjoyed this book. It’s AR!" Read more
"delightful, funny book; thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended for fun-loving boys. Well-written and without a hint of PC...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book series. They find it humorous and entertaining, describing it as a great series for the whole family.
"...I checked the first book out at our local library and thoroughly enjoyed it, as did my 9-year-old daughter...." Read more
"delightful, funny book; thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended for fun-loving boys. Well-written and without a hint of PC...." Read more
"Nicholas - great series, for the whole family. A lot of good laugh, funny pictures inside book. Hard-materal cover and high quality paper." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016These books are classic and as funny for children as they are for adults. It so funny how relevant a lot of the stories still are today. These book are our favorite books to read as family because they are so funny.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019I recommend this book for kids 8 and over because they’re some bad things that can influence kids 7 and younger, causing them to misbehave.And it’s actually pretty funny 😂.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2007I have a young, mischievous son named Nicholas whose reputation is known throughout my family. My sister came across the Nicholas series in a book catalog and mentioned it to me. I checked the first book out at our local library and thoroughly enjoyed it, as did my 9-year-old daughter. Although the series was written in France in the 1960's, one can still relate to its humor today. I have bought the 3 available books, plus pre-ordered the fourth. Hopefully, my Nicholas will enjoy this series when he is a little older, too!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2018Great book for boys! It’s hard to find a good read for boys. My whole family enjoyed this book. It’s AR!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016delightful, funny book; thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended for fun-loving boys. Well-written and without a hint of PC. This is how children's books should be!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019Yup, just as quirky as I recalled it... unfortunately that comes with all the outdated social norms too. Parents ignoring kids, kids thumping kids, parents being manipulative with each other. Yikes. Good fun!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015Nicholas is the French Calvin minus the Hobbes! He is a little imp! My 6 yr old loves Nicholas and we always have a great laugh at bedtime!
- Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2013Nicholas - great series, for the whole family. A lot of good laugh, funny pictures inside book. Hard-materal cover and high quality paper.
Top reviews from other countries
- ikReviewed in Canada on August 29, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars great book
its a great author, my daughter loves him so much, funny and easy for reading, yet nicely written.
- fastreaderReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic for all ages
I love these books. Some years ago my daughter and her family, along with two crew, were sailing from the state of Maine to the Isle of Wight, and I grabbed the excuse to join the boat in Greenland. I brought one of the Nicholas books with me, and each evening before dinner I would read a chapter to the assembled cast of characters: a five-year-old, a three-year-old, their parents, my wife, and the twenty-something lad and lass who worked as crew. We all eight of us, spanning seventy years, four generations, and three nationalities, wept with laughter. Nicholas was the highlight of our day, ranking right up there with the Northern Lights and the foundation of Erik the Red's house at Bratalhid.
- Harald StruveReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Children's Story for Grown-Ups
It istn't the first Nicholas book that I've read and so I actually knew what to expect.You wouldn't think it possible to constantly get new and humorous twists of mischief out of just a bunch of primary school boys, but that's exactly what happens.Inevitaby nearly every little story takes you back to your own childhood and makes you wonder why your thoughts were so surprisingly compatible with those of our "heroes".I myself use the books as reading material in adult education in Germany at the level of "advanced beginners (B2)" and have had no negative feedback so far,from no matter which age groups... and they range from about twenty to over ninety years of age.This book itself, with its lovely blue cover and embossed Nicholas is really a jewel for the bookshelf, and because the stories aren't so very long, it makes reading easy and relaxed.The translation from the original French into English has lost nothing of its to the point humour.
- David L. HamiltonReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars Kids are addicted
My 6 year old kids absolutely love these books, even though the stories seem kind of dry from an adult perspective when reading, they are absolutely perfect for the intended audience.
Most books tend not to have primary school aged children punching each other on the nose, calling each other fat or nuts and running away from home & school but these do and maybe that's why they're so popular????
Fantastic illustrations throughout the book too from the master himself, René Goscinny..
- Mrs. K. A. WheatleyReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2008
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Nicholas
This is the second of four books about Nicholas. They are all the same format, short, humorous stories told as if by Nicholas, a small French schoolboy, about the life of adventures that he and his gang of friends get up to. The first three are concerned with his school life and the last is about what he gets up to in the holidays.
This rerelease by Phaidon is a welcome return to a childhood favourite of mine. These are beautiful clothbound hardbacks with the original illustrations which do much to add to the wit and humour of the stories. My children love them and I love reading them to my children.
In this collection our favourites have been Uncle George's Nose and The Medical Examination.